Mexico Runs Out of Death Certificates After Rush of Covid Cases

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Mexico’s deputy health minister said the government had ordered 1.1 million additional death certificates be printed as several parts of the country ran out and Covid-19 cases continue to soar.

Mexico has registered over 66,000 coronavirus-related fatalities, putting it fourth in terms of Covid-19 deaths behind the U.S., Brazil and India.

The World Health Organization has also said Mexico’s cases and deaths are probably “under-recognized” due to limited testing.

Despite this scenario, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said the government’s strategy to tackle the coronavirus was “very good.”

Speaking in a press conference Friday evening, Hugo Lopez Gatell, the health official, said that some states, including Mexico state, were out of death certificates. Authorities had been working for the past two to three weeks to redistribute them from areas with larger stocks, he added.

“They almost ran out in Mexico City,” the deputy minister said. “It has been a pretty intense job.”

The new certificates started to arrive on Thursday, just before stocks from the redistribution also ran out, Lopez Gatell said. According to Health Ministry data as of Friday, Mexico reported 6,196 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total to 623,090. Deaths stand at 66,851.

SpicyAbsinthe on September 6th, 2020 at 03:05 UTC »

I’m so angry at my colleagues: we’re working remotely and several of them have been travelling to visit family, one had a quinceañera party and two of them are selling essential oils to “boost” your immune system. We are college professors and should know better.

FinFreedomCountdown on September 6th, 2020 at 00:17 UTC »

Looking at cases in Israel spiking and NZ postponing elections; could it be that we are only midway through all of this. And some nations who did nothing right got lucky. And some who were not lucky got most of the cases 🤔

FredoSosa on September 5th, 2020 at 22:15 UTC »

You guys don’t understand how terrible the situation is over there. There is absolutely no leadership from AMLO at all.

President AMLO lauds his own achievements & brags that the majority of ICU beds are available to treat patients.

But doesn’t mention the fact that 8 out 10 Covid-19 patients in Mexico have died without being intubated.

Patients are going to the hospital to die.